Passwords are an important security feature of Windows operating system. In this article we discuss some popular Windows Password Myths knowing which, you will be able to make stronger passwords for your Windows. Password Myth Description Password Hashes are Safe, When Using NTLMv2 NTLMv2 uses more advanced features to secure the password but it is still prone to the SAM attacks, as it stores... 

In the world today, there are so many gadgets that are emerging every day such that you have hardly had your fill of today’s gadget before tomorrows is out. For many gizmo lovers, they are always on the watch out for these new and cool gadgets that would make one swoon with wonder. It is no wonder then that the manufacturers are churning them out by the hour. if you though that the cool gadgets have... 

So it seems difficult for you to uninstall your favorite antivirus program and install a new one, as two antivirus can not work simultaneously efficiently on a single machine, therefore you can opt for an another alternative that is to check your computer online for viruses. In this post i will tell you a lot of popular and free online virus scanner that you can use to get rid of viruses/spywares... 

After the announcement that iPhone jailbreaking has become legal in US, a malware-spreading campaign targeting the “iPhone unlocking” fans goes to confirm that cybercriminals never lack imagination. Owners of iPhones are one step closer to taking total control of their widgets, after US pronounced legal the practice of “jailbreaking”, on Monday, the 26th of July 2010. This means that... 

The Microsoft Security Essentials Beta is a fully functional anti-malware application with ongoing updates to help protect your PC from viruses, spyware and other malicious software throughout the course of the beta. In addition to ongoing virus and spyware definition updates, Microsoft said that they will be providing software updates to the beta for download through Microsoft Update on a periodic... 

PayPal, eBay, HSBC Top-Phished Institutions; China and Russia Hosting Majority of Malware – Predictions for Malware Activity Over The Second Half of the Year Today BitDefender, released a report that found the first half of 2010 saw a rise of worms exploiting various Web 2.0 platforms. The report examined data from January through June 2010 and found social networks and Web 2.0 services have... 

Data Snatchers hide in even the most trusted websites, to steal your personal information: credit card details, private files & your identity. The Data Snatchers move fast – a page that was safe yesterday may not be safe today – and your antivirus and firewall won’t help you. Antivirus? Firewall? LinkScanner®? Antivirus and firewall software is no longer enough. The threat has... 

A mass mail invitation to a suspicious “do-it-yourself” account hacking session puts Windows Live Messenger users at risk. The e-mail marking the first step of this data harvesting scheme is very likely to go down in the history of cybercrime-generated fiction on human behavior – claiming that if you tell people something is illegal, they won’t do it. This is how the promised tool gets... 

Success stories are cybercriminals’ go to sources of victims and the iPad craze couldn’t have been left out of this picture. According to some reports, Apple sold 150.000 iPads in the first 60 hours of presale availability, with almost 100.000 of these coveted devices being pre-ordered in the first 10 hours. The figures make it clear as daylight why malware creators were so keen on crashing this... 

Microsoft has been made aware of an issue with a McAfee DAT file update – released Wednesday, April 21, 2010 – that has been causing stability issues on Windows XP client systems. The symptom is caused by a false-positive detection on a core Windows file (svchost.exe). Once the file is quarantined by McAfee, the system may encounter one of the following symptoms: The computer shuts down...